Background: Unstable angina and myocardial infarction are developed due to atherosclerosis of coronary arteries. At present, cholestrol, triglyceride, and lipoproteins are the most common risk factors of death. The purpose of this study was to assess the serum levels of LP (a), LDL-C, VLDL-C, HDL-C in cases of unstable angina and myocardial infarction.Methods: This study was conducted to compar...

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conclusions we showed that patients with metabolic syndrome have larger infarct size compared to control subjects. background infarct size is an important surrogate end point for early and late mortality after acute myocardial infarction. despite the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with atherosclerotic diseases, adequate data are still lacking regarding the extent of myocardia...

background: human enteroviruses (evs) may have a role as a possible risk factor in the pathogenesis of mi. the aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of enterovirus genomic rna in peripheral blood samples of patients with acute myocardial infarction (mi). methods: we investigated the presence of enterovirus genomic rna in the peripheral blood of 115 patients with acute mi hospitalized i...

thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (ttp) is a rare syndrome affecting multiple organs. there is no sufficient evidence regarding the clinical cardiac manifestations of ttp. nonetheless, pathologic cardiac involvement is quite frequent in acute ttp, which is predominantly manifested as myocardial necrosis due to coronary arteriolar microthrombosis. the present case report describes a 43-year-ol...